Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
When Netscape went public, it unleashed a frenzy from the public markets for anything related to the internet and signaled to venture investors that there were massive returns to be made investing in anything internet related. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago.
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Feld Thoughts
JULY 28, 2014
Next, there is the wonderful PR quote about the SBIC that says “Since the program’s inception, SBIC “success stories” include the funding of companies such as Apple, Costco and FedEx when they were burgeoning small businesses.” The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. But I sometime see people get bogged down in PR releases, cancelation clauses, minimum guarantees, whatever. Any deal.
Cracking the Code
JANUARY 28, 2008
Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008.
Cracking the Code
MAY 15, 2008
Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, May 15, 2008. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Audience: 90 percent voted “Yes” 8) Venture capital 2.0 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Venture Capital. (3).
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# And time is the enemy of all deals so start sooner rather than later, as anybody who was planning to raise in October 2008 will tell you. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. It’s what I love about entrepreneurship and about venture capital.
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